My fear of the red dot in the dark at the Venice film festival | Peter Bradshaw

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Bentley Dean was awarded Best DOP [director of photography], while the film also took home the audience award for best feature film of International film critics’ week – an independent section of Venice film festival.

Co-directed by Dean and Martin Butler, the film was made in collaboration with the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu, and tells the true forbidden love story of a young girl who falls for her chief’s grandson.

It is the first film to be shot completely in Vanuatu.

Tanna will have its Australian premiere at the Adelaide film festival in October, where it is screening in competition.